JULY 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1905

Robert Mackenzie Watson
to be the Chairman of the said Commission :
And, further, I do require you to order in what proportion
the costs of and incidental to the inquiry shall be paid by any
of the parties to the inquiry :
And, lastly, it is hereby declared that the Commission hereby
appointed shall have all the powers of a Commission appointed
under the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.
Foxton Borough Council. Manawatu County Council.
Levin Borough Council Buckley Drainage Board.
Palmerston North Borough Makerua Drainage Board.
Council. Manawatu Drainage Board.
Shannon Borough Council. Moutoa Drainage Board.
Horowhenua County Council. Sluggish River Drainage Board.
Kairanga County Council. Foxton Harbour Board.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued
under the Seal of that Dominion, this 28th day of May,
1926.

RICH. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
To all to whom these presents shall come, and to ROBERT
MACKENZIE WATSON, Esquire, Stipendiary Magistrate,
Feilding ; AUGUST CHARLES KOCH, Esquire, Civil Engi-
neer, Auckland; and HERBERT ERNEST LEIGHTON,
Esquire, Auctioneer and Estate Agent, Wellington :
Greeting.

WHEREAS the Makerua Drainage Board (hereinafter called
“ the Drainage Board ”), constituted under the Land Drain-
age Act, 1908, a local authority within the meaning of the
Manawatu-Oroua River District Act, 1923, exercising juris-
diction over an area partly within the district of the Manawatu
Oroua River Board (hereinafter called “ the River Board ”)
claims that certain protection-works carried out by the
Drainage Board within the district are or are likely to be
required for the efficient carrying-out of the River Board’s
operations under its statutory powers, or are or may be of
substantial benefit to such operations, and has requested the
River Board to bear a proportion of the cost of such pro-
tection-works, or to grant some commensurate consideration
to the lands within the district in respect of such works :
And whereas the River Board has applied to me for the
appointment of some fit person or persons to be a Commission
to investigate and determine the matter, and it is expedient
to make appointment accordingly :
Now, therefore, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet,
Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in
pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested
in me by section fourteen of the Manawatu-Oroua River
District Amendment Act, 1925, and of all other powers and
authorities enabling me in this behalf and for the purposes
hereinafter set forth, do hereby appoint you the said

Robert Mackenzie Watson,
August Charles Koch, and
Herbert Ernest Leighton,

to be a Commission for the purpose of investigating and
determining whether any protection-works carried out by
the Drainage Board within the district are or are likely to
be required for the efficient carrying-out of the River Board’s
operations under its statutory powers, or are or may be of
substantial benefit to such operations, and, if so, whether
the River Board should bear a proportion of the cost of such
protection-works (specifying the proportion) or grant some
commensurate consideration to the lands within the district
in respect of such works (specifying the consideration) :
And accordingly I direct you to inquire into the said matters
pursuant to section fourteen of the Manawatu-Oroua River
District Amendment Act, 1925, accordingly :
And, further, I do require you to report to me your opinion
on the aforesaid matters within sixty days of the date hereof :
Further, I do appoint you the said

Robert Mackenzie Watson
to be the Chairman of the said Commission :
And, further, I do require you to order in what proportion
the costs of and incidental to the inquiry shall be paid by
any of the parties to the inquiry :
And, lastly, it is hereby declared that the Commission
hereby appointed shall have all the powers of a Commission
appointed under the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1908.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-
General of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued
under the Seal of that Dominion, this 28th day of June,
1926.

RICH. F. BOLLARD,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Lands in the Wellington Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 2nd July, 1926.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the under-
mentioned lands having been declared forfeited by
resolution of the Wellington Land Board, the said lands
have thereby reverted to the Crown under the provisions
of the Land Act, 1924, and the Discharged Soldiers Settle-
ment Act, 1915, and amendments.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

TENURE : R.L. Lease No. 160. Section 7, Block II,
Whirinaki Survey District. Formerly held by A. Tester.
Reason for forfeiture : Non-compliance with conditions of
lease.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Land in Nelson Land District forfeited.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 1st July, 1926.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lease of the under-
mentioned land having been declared forfeited by
resolution of the Nelson Land Board, the said land has thereby
reverted to the Crown, under the provisions of the Land Act,
1924.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

LEASE No. R.L. 711. Section 37, Block IX, Oparara Survey
District. Formerly held by F. A. Barnard. Reason for
forfeiture : Non-compliance with conditions of lease.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Lands in Gisborne Land District for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Gisborne, 6th July, 1926.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands
will be offered for sale by public auction for cash or
on deferred payments at the District Lands and Survey Office,
Gisborne, at 11 o’clock a.m., on Wednesday, 11th August,
1926, under the provisions of the Land Act, 1924.

SCHEDULE.

GISBORNE LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Waikohu County.—Ngatapa Survey District.

SECTION 3, Block IX : Area, 50 acres 1 rood 23 perches ;
upset price, £230.
Situated on Wharekopae Road, about forty miles from
Gisborne, at an altitude of 2,000 ft. An exposed section,
mostly covered in dead timber and thick dense bracken fern.
Watered by creeks.

Opotiki County.—Waiotahi Parish.

Sections 67 and 79 : Area, 22 acres 1 rood 7 perches ;
upset price, £80.
Sections comprise principally short spurs and fairly steep
low faces covered in manuka-scrub. Access is by unformed
road joining the Coast Road, south of the mouth of the
Waiotahi Stream.

TERMS OF SALE.

Cash.—One-fifth of the purchase-money on the fall of the
hammer, and the balance, with Crown-grant fee of £1, is
payable within thirty days thereafter, otherwise the part of
the purchase-money paid by way of deposit will be forfeited
and the sale of the land declared null and void.

Deferred Payments.—A deposit of 5 per cent. of the price
bid, together with £1 1s. license fee, on the fall of the hammer,
balance by equal annual instalments extending over a period
of nineteen years, with interest payable half-yearly at the
rate of 5 per cent. per annum on the unpaid purchase-money,
but with the right to pay off at any time the whole or any
part of the outstanding amount.

Titles will be subject to Part XIII of the Land Act, 1924.

Full particulars may be had on application to the Com-
missioner of Crown Lands, Gisborne.

E. H. FARNIE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.